Summary of the invention
In view of above-mentioned background of invention, in order to meet the requirement on the industry, one of the object of the invention is to provide a kind of good light-emitting device and forming method thereof that dispels the heat.According to the design of light-emitting device of the present invention, improved the interface thermal resistance of led module and pedestal, and the thermal emissivity rate of pedestal is high, the radiating effect of whole light-emitting device is high, LED junction temperature in the time of so can reducing operation, thereby can improve LED life-span and luminosity.
And one of the object of the invention is to provide a kind of light-emitting device, through using base of ceramic; Have high voltage withstanding characteristic, can bear the impact of the above voltage of 4000V, can not make whole failure of apparatus (for metal base; More meet the world security standard); That is leakage current is extremely low, is lower than the value that can detect, for example is lower than 1nA.
In addition; One of the object of the invention is to provide a kind of light-emitting device; Through automation screen painting or point gum machine print process; Handle the engaging of pedestal of led module and three-dimensional shape, remove and can reduce assembling flow path and reduce cost, and the interface thermal resistance of reduction led module and pedestal and improve the radiating efficiency of light-emitting device.
In order to achieve the above object, according to one embodiment of the invention a kind of method that forms light-emitting device is provided, comprises: a pedestal is provided, and it comprises a first surface, and has three-dimensional shape; Form a conducting wire layer on this first surface; And a light-emitting diode (LED) module is provided, wherein this light-emitting diode (LED) module comprises a substrate and is arranged at the LED crystal grain on the substrate; And the substrate of this light-emitting diode (LED) module is arranged on this conducting wire layer through surface mount (Surface mount) method, to form this light-emitting device.In an embodiment, this pedestal is more satisfactory by being made up of ceramic material.
In an embodiment; This forms the step of a conducting wire layer on this first surface; Comprise and use a metal thickener (Metal paste),, carry out sintering (Firing) and form this conducting wire layer with the screen painting method or after utilizing point gum machine to be printed in this first surface.In an embodiment, this metal thickener is that silver paste is more satisfactory.
In an embodiment, this surface mount method can be passed through scolder (Solder paste), reflow soldering (Reflow soldering) this substrate and this conducting wire layer.
In an embodiment, this conducting wire layer can have a Wiring pattern, and above-mentioned scolder is that tin cream is more satisfactory.
In an embodiment, comprise tin cream between the substrate of this light-emitting diode (LED) module and this conducting wire layer, the effective thermal conductivity of the interface of the interface of tin cream, tin cream and this substrate and tin cream and this conducting wire layer is more than or equal to more than the 50W/m-K.Above-mentioned " effective thermal conductivity " (keff) is defined as 1/keff=1/k
1+ 1/k
2+ 1/k
3, k wherein
2The pyroconductivity of expression tin cream, k
1The pyroconductivity of the interface (void) of expression tin cream and this conducting wire layer, k
3The pyroconductivity of the interface (void) of expression tin cream and this substrate.
In an embodiment, this screen painting method can be through a specific tool and this base of ceramic coupling (Coupling), so that be coated with this metal thickener on this first surface.
In an embodiment, between the substrate of this base of ceramic and this light-emitting diode (LED) module, can bear the impact of the above voltage of 4000V, can not make whole failure of apparatus, that is leakage current is extremely low, is lower than the value that can detect, for example is lower than 1nA.
According to another embodiment of the present invention a kind of light-emitting device is provided, comprises: a pedestal, it comprises a first surface; One conducting wire layer is formed on this first surface; And a light-emitting diode (LED) module, it comprises a substrate and is arranged at least one light-emitting diode on the substrate, and wherein the substrate of this light-emitting diode (LED) module is to be arranged on this conducting wire layer with surface mount (Surface mount) method.In an embodiment, this pedestal is made up of a material that is selected from following group: the aluminium of surface oxidation treatment, surface have aluminium, aluminium oxide and the aluminium nitride of oxide layer, and this pedestal is more satisfactory by being made up of ceramic material, and for example more satisfactory is aluminium oxide.
In an embodiment, comprise tin cream between the substrate of this light-emitting diode (LED) module and this conducting wire layer, the effective thermal conductivity of the interface of the interface of tin cream, tin cream and this substrate and tin cream and this conducting wire layer is more than or equal to more than the 50W/m-K.Above-mentioned " effective thermal conductivity " (keff) is defined as 1/keff=1/k
1+ 1/k
2+ 1/k
3, k wherein
2The pyroconductivity of expression tin cream, k
1The pyroconductivity of the interface (void) of expression tin cream and this conducting wire layer, k
3The pyroconductivity of the interface (void) of expression tin cream and this substrate.In an embodiment, above-mentioned conducting wire layer can be silver paste and constitutes and have a Wiring pattern.In an embodiment, between the substrate of this light-emitting diode (LED) module and this conducting wire layer, comprise scolding tin.In an embodiment, between the substrate of this base of ceramic and this light-emitting diode (LED) module, can bear the impact of the above voltage of 4000V, can not make whole failure of apparatus, that is leakage current is extremely low, is lower than the value that can detect, for example is lower than 1nA.
Therefore; Design according to light-emitting device of the present invention and forming method thereof; Can automation on producing and reduce cost, moreover improve the thermal conductivity between led module and lamp socket, and then improve the thermal diffusivity of whole light-emitting device; LED interface temperature when reducing operation, thereby can improve LED life-span and luminosity.In addition,, have high voltage withstanding characteristic, can not lose efficacy when bearing the above voltage of 4000V, that is leakage current is extremely low, is lower than the value that can detect, for example is lower than 1nA through using base of ceramic.
Embodiment
About aforementioned and other technology contents, characteristics and effect of the present invention, in the following detailed description that cooperates with reference to a graphic preferred embodiment, can clearly appear.The direction term of being mentioned in following examples, for example: upper and lower, left and right, front or rear etc. only are the directions with reference to annexed drawings.Therefore, the direction term of use is to be used for explaining not to be to be used for limiting the present invention.In addition, the term of " A layer (or element) is arranged on the B layer (or element) " is not defined as the aspect that the A layer directly pastes contact B laminar surface, for example in the middle of A layer and the B layer still the interval other laminated also be this term institute covering scope.In the diagram, components identical is with identical symbolic representation.
Fig. 1 representes the light-emitting device 10 of convention, its comprise led module 20, pedestal 30 and be sandwiched in this led module and this pedestal between conducting strip 40.This led module 20 comprises a substrate and is arranged at the plural LED crystal grain on this substrate, and wherein this substrate can be aluminium base, copper base, metallic core circuit board (MCPCB; Metal core printed circuit board), aluminium oxide, aluminium nitride substrate, other ceramic substrates etc.LED crystal grain can be various LED crystal grain, perhaps high-capacity LED crystal grain.Pedestal 30 can be made up of for example materials such as pottery, aluminium oxide, aluminium nitride; The shape of this outer frame 30 is merely illustration among Fig. 1, can be configured as different shape according to demands of applications; Also can have various heat transmission fins, perhaps have different shape as the function of heat radiation.Conducting strip 40 for example is the thick siliceous macromolecular material of 0.5mm.But; So constitute, because 30 of led module 20 and 40 of conducting strips, conducting strip 40 and pedestals, interface exists many microvoids hole; Fill up these microvoid holes even use thermal grease; Heat-conducting effect is still not good, so that it is bad to dispel the heat, causes the temperature of led module to increase with the time of operating.On the other hand, when using metal materials to process as if pedestal 30, though coating glaze lacquer forms insulating barrier, owing to thin dielectric layer can't be resisted high pressure, thus can't pass through the 4000V Hi-pot test, promptly can't be under the impact of 4000V through safety test.
Therefore, because the problems referred to above, the present invention provides a kind of light-emitting device, has good cooling mechanism and can be through safety test.Fig. 2 representes light-emitting device 100 according to an embodiment of the invention, and it comprises: a pedestal 200, and it comprises a first surface 200a; One conducting wire layer 300 is formed on this first surface 200a; And a light-emitting diode (LED) module 400, it comprises a substrate 410 and is arranged at least one light-emitting diode 450 on the substrate, and wherein the substrate 410 of this light-emitting diode (LED) module is to be arranged on this conducting wire layer 300 with surface mount (Surface mount) method.In an embodiment, this pedestal is made up of a material that is selected from following group: the aluminium of surface oxidation treatment, surface have aluminium, aluminium oxide and the aluminium nitride of oxide layer, and this pedestal is more satisfactory by being made up of ceramic material; For example more satisfactory is aluminium oxide; Light-emitting device has high voltage withstanding characteristic, light-emitting device was lost efficacy, that is leakage current is extremely low; Be lower than the value that to detect, for example be lower than 1nA.
Aforementioned surfaces mounts (Surface mount) method, is meant the surface mounting technology (SMT that utilizes convention; Surface mount technology), can led module be fixed on this conducting wire layer.For example; Earlier metallic circuit is formed on the pedestal, can prints silver paste behind the first surface of this pedestal, carry out sintering through screen painting method or point gum machine; Then with steel plate (stainless steel stencil) coating tin cream; Pass through reflow soldering (reflow soldering) again, remove scaling powder, make the substrate bonded (bonding) of tin and led module.By this, need not to use the combination member of screw etc., can combine pedestal and led module.In addition, aforementioned manufacturing process can be through being provided with anchor point or utilizing tool, easily automation.
The formation method of this conducting wire layer 300 comprises and uses a metal thickener (metal paste), coat this first surface with the screen painting method after, carry out sintering (firing) and form this conducting wire layer.
In an embodiment, comprise tin cream between the substrate of this light-emitting diode (LED) module and this conducting wire layer, the effective thermal conductivity of the interface of the interface of tin cream, tin cream and this substrate and tin cream and this conducting wire layer is more than or equal to more than the 50W/m-K.Above-mentioned " effective thermal conductivity " (k
Eff), be defined as 1/k
Eff=1/k
1+ 1/k
2+ 1/k
3, k wherein
2The pyroconductivity of expression tin cream, k
1The pyroconductivity of the interface (void) of expression tin cream and this conducting wire layer, k
3The pyroconductivity of the interface (void) of expression tin cream and this substrate.Above-mentioned conducting wire layer can be silver paste and constitutes and have a Wiring pattern.In an embodiment, between the substrate of this light-emitting diode (LED) module and this conducting wire layer, can comprise scolding tin (or being called tin cream).
According to another embodiment of the present invention, disclose a kind of method that forms light-emitting device, shown in the flow chart of Fig. 4, comprising: a pedestal is provided, and it comprises a first surface, and has three-dimensional shape; Form a conducting wire layer on this first surface; And a light-emitting diode (LED) module is provided, wherein this light-emitting diode (LED) module comprises a substrate and is arranged at the LED crystal particle on the substrate; And the substrate of this light-emitting diode (LED) module is arranged on this conducting wire layer through surface mount (Surface mount) method, to form this light-emitting device.In an embodiment; This pedestal is made up of a material that is selected from following group: the aluminium of surface oxidation treatment, surface have aluminium, aluminium oxide and the aluminium nitride of oxide layer; This pedestal is more satisfactory by being made up of ceramic material; This ceramic material can for example be aluminium oxide or aluminium nitride, and more satisfactory is aluminium oxide.
Because the pedestal of light-emitting device has three-dimensional shape usually; Because general screen printer only is on the tabular object, to print; So the present invention is when the step of utilizing the screen painting method to be coated with; Need a special tool, and revise screen printer, could handle the pedestal of light-emitting device of the present invention.In another embodiment, the pattern that the present invention's point gum machine capable of using printshop needs.
In an embodiment; This forms the step of a conducting wire layer on this first surface; Comprise and use a metal thickener (metal paste),, carry out sintering (firing) and form this conducting wire layer with the screen painting method or after utilizing point gum machine to coat this first surface.This metal thickener for example can be the thickener of W, Mo-Mn, Cu, Ag, and silver paste is more satisfactory.The aforementioned surfaces method of mounting can be passed through scolder (solder paste), reflow soldering (reflow soldering) this substrate and this conducting wire layer.Aforementioned conducting wire layer can have a Wiring pattern, and above-mentioned scolder is that tin cream is more satisfactory.This Wiring pattern is the pattern shown in Fig. 6 (a) for example.
The above-mentioned method that for example forms light-emitting device, for example shown in the flow chart of Fig. 4, step S10 a: base of ceramic is provided; Step S20: use metal thickener, with the screen painting method or utilize point gum machine type metal thickener, form the for example pattern shown in Fig. 6 (a) in this first surface like silver paste; Step S30: sintering metal thickener and form this conducting wire layer; Step S40: use the for example scolder of tin cream, the substrate of reflow soldering led module and this conducting wire layer; Final step S50: obtain according to light-emitting device of the present invention.
In another embodiment, the formation method of this conducting wire layer 300 comprises: form a first metal layer; Form one second metal level; The film that formation one has pattern is on this second metal level; While this first metal layer of etching and this second metal level are with this first metal layer of patternization and this second metal level; Remove this residual film.Said method, sputtering method capable of using forms this first metal layer, and its sputtered target material is Ti or TiW, and galvanoplastic capable of using form this second metal level, and this second metal level is a bronze medal layer.In an embodiment; The film that formation one has pattern is in the method for this second metal level; Can form this film with pattern or dry film through print process,, can form the film that this has pattern through the mode of carrying out gold-tinted, little shadow, etching etc. behind the coating sensitization photoresistance in another embodiment.
For example; Fig. 5 representes the flow chart of the formation method of conducting wire layer 300 according to an embodiment of the invention; The method that wherein forms the film with pattern is to use dry film, forms the mode of pattern, representes the generalized section of light-emitting device in the right side of Fig. 5; Note that the generalized section of Fig. 5 only is used for clearly representing the formation of each layer, its size, thickness proportion do not according to the dimension scale of entity.Among Fig. 5,301 expression pedestals, 302 expression seed metal layer (being the first metal layer), 303 expression copper layers (i.e. second metal level), 304 expression films.Step S310: first sputter one the first metal layer, as seed metal layer, this seed metal layer can be titanium or titanium tungsten material becomes.Then, step S320: electroplate a bronze medal layer, form one second metal level.Step S330: the film that formation one has pattern is in this second metal level.Step S340: through etching with this first metal layer and this second metal level patternization.Step S350: remove residual film.At last, step S360.
Because the pedestal of light-emitting device has three-dimensional shape usually; Because general gold-tinted lithography process only is on the tabular object, to carry out exposure imaging; Yet pedestal of the present invention can't use the rotary coating machine, carries out the coating and the development of photoresistance, and exposure machine also is not suitable for the pedestal that so has three-dimensional shape usually in addition; So the present invention utilizes the method for printing film; Pattern is formed in base-plates surface,, and makes the conducting wire pattern be formed at the upper surface of pedestal again through pedestal being impregnated in the mode of etching liquid.
In an embodiment, comprise tin cream between the substrate of this light-emitting diode (LED) module and this conducting wire layer, the effective thermal conductivity of the interface of the interface of tin cream, tin cream and this substrate and tin cream and this conducting wire layer is more than or equal to more than the 50W/m-K.Above-mentioned " effective thermal conductivity " (k
Eff), be defined as 1/k
Eff=1/k
1+ 1/k
2+ 1/k
3, k wherein
2The pyroconductivity of expression tin cream, k
1The pyroconductivity of the interface (void) of expression tin cream and this conducting wire layer, k
3The pyroconductivity of the interface (void) of expression tin cream and this substrate.
In an embodiment, this screen painting method can be through a specific tool and this base of ceramic coupling (coupling), so that be coated with this metal thickener on this first surface.
In an embodiment, between the substrate of this base of ceramic and this light-emitting diode (LED) module, can not lose efficacy when bearing the above voltage of 4000V, that is leakage current is extremely low, is lower than the value that can detect, for example is lower than 1nA.
Fig. 3 representes to simulate the schematic top plan view of the structure of the light-emitting device that radiating effect uses; Wherein 500 the expression led modules substrate (being assumed to be aluminium base); 501 expression LED crystal grain (wide 1mm * long 1mm * thick 2mm), 520 expression pedestals, the through hole on the 521 expression pedestals.In analog computation, suppose that the heat flux (heat flux) of LED crystal grain is 1W/mm
2, the 9W that need dispel the heat altogether, the heat flux between the interface of each parts (component) is continuous.The pyroconductivity of aluminium base is 160W/m-K.Pedestal 520 can use base of ceramic, or aluminium base, wherein supposes base of ceramic (Al
2O
3) surface area be 2.037 * 10
-2m
2, volume is 3.605 * 10
-5m
3, its pyroconductivity is 24W/m-K, radiance is 0.9; The surface area of aluminium base (Al) is 2.037 * 10
-2m
2, volume is 3.605 * 10
-5m
3, its pyroconductivity is 160W/m-K, the radiance that is sprayed at the glaze on aluminium base surface is 0.5~0.7.In addition, the pyroconductivity of supposing conducting strip is 5W/m-K, and the pyroconductivity of scolding tin is 60W/m-K.Though on pedestal, have through hole 521 among Fig. 3, through hole 521 is not a necessary formation of the present invention, in another embodiment, can have through hole on the pedestal.
Analog result by radiating effect; When (1) between aluminium base and base of ceramic, using conducting strip; The LED junction temperature is 93.3 ℃, and (2) when using scolding tin between aluminium base and base of ceramic, and the LED junction temperature is reduced to 88.8 ℃; Showing with tradition uses the method for conducting strip to compare; The radiating effect of scolding tin used according to the invention is preferable, and this analog result do not consider the pore (voids) that conducting strip and pedestal, conducting strip and MCPCB substrate interface exist, so the actual radiating effect of scolding tin and conducting strip can be bigger than the gap as a result that simulation obtains.In the simulation of another 16W LED bulb, according to the present invention, the junction temperature of LED wafer (junction temperature) is only had an appointment 81 ℃, is equivalent to have the temperature of the 8W LED bulb of conventional construction approximately.In other words, according to the junction temperature of 16W LED bulb of the present invention, almost the junction temperature with the 8W LED bulb with conventional construction is identical.Just, according to design of the present invention, has preferable radiating effect.
In addition, relatively the asynchronous radiating effect of radiance when simulating with aluminium base, finds that the high person's radiating effect of radiance is preferable, though find that therefore the pyroconductivity of metallic aluminium is high, because of radiance is low, the radiating effect of the radiation of aluminium base is poor than base of ceramic.
According to light-emitting device of the present invention, pedestal can be ceramic material and becomes, and its shape is for example shown in Fig. 6 (b); Fig. 6 (a) expression is formed at this conducting wire layer above pedestal, and base bottom can have spiral joint, for example the standard connector of E26 or E27 etc. (screw-cap fittings); Therefore have conduction on the surface of pedestal tail end and use connector; Be electrically connected with led module, so that be connected to lamp socket, for example on the lamp socket of family expenses.
In sum; According to the design of light-emitting device of the present invention and forming method thereof, through reducing each interelement heat group, and can automation on producing and reduce cost; Improve the thermal conductivity between led module and lamp socket; And then improve the thermal diffusivity of whole light-emitting device, LED junction temperature when reducing operation, thereby can improve LED life-span and luminosity.In addition,, have high voltage withstanding characteristic, can not make the light-emitting device inefficacy when bearing the above voltage of 4000V, that is leakage current is extremely low, is lower than the value that can detect, for example is lower than 1nA through using base of ceramic.
Though more than with specific embodiment explanation the present invention, therefore do not limit scope of the present invention, only otherwise break away from main idea of the present invention, skilled personnel understand not breaking away under the intent of the present invention and the scope can carry out various distortion or change.Arbitrary embodiment of the present invention in addition or claim must not reached whole purposes or advantage or the characteristics that the present invention discloses.In addition, summary part and title only are the usefulness that is used for assisting the patent document search, are not to be used for limiting interest field of the present invention.